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Re: Ask HN: What JavaScript library would you like to see that doesn't exist yet?

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How about a library like RubyMotion[1] for writing native iOS apps in JavaScript/CoffeScript? You could use JSC[2] as your runtime. [1] http://www.rubymotion.com/ [2] http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/JavaScriptCore

That's already a thing — it's called JSCocoa[1]. Works for both Mac and iPhone. Doesn't seem to have caught on much, though.

[1]: https://github.com/parmanoir/jscocoa/

Re: Ask HN: What JavaScript library would you like to see that doesn't exist yet?

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How about a library like RubyMotion[1] for writing native iOS apps in JavaScript/CoffeScript? You could use JSC[2] as your runtime. [1] http://www.rubymotion.com/ [2] http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/JavaScriptCore

That's already a thing — it's called JSCocoa[1]. Works for both Mac and iPhone. Doesn't seem to have caught on much, though. [1]: https://github.com/parmanoir/jscocoa/

Excellent! I see it dates back to 2008 and I'm glad to see it is still making progress. Perhaps more people consider using this, what with the recent revival of JavaScript front-ends (Backbone, Meteor, etc).

Re: Ask HN: What JavaScript library would you like to see that doesn't exist yet?

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A library that would allow you to share templates between the server and the client. The library would allow you to include a template file and render it on the client. It would allow you to also include the same file and render it on the server.

I use https://github.com/substack/node-fileify
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